Alphabet’s Revenue Jumps 15% to $80.5 Billion
Google’s parent company topped revenue and profit estimates and said that it would offer a stock dividend for the first time.
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Stripe To Start Taking Crypto Payments, Starting With USDC Stablecoin
Fintech giant Stripe announced on Thursday that it would let customers accept cryptocurrency payments, starting with USDC stablecoins, initially only on Solana, Ethereum and Polygon. TechCrunch reports: This will be the first time that Stripe has taken crypto payments since 2018, when it dropped support for Bitcoin due to it being too unstable. Stripe in 2022 tried its first reentry into the...
Microsoft Reports Rising Revenues as A.I. Investments Bear Fruit
The tech giant’s quarterly results included strong growth in cloud computing, fueled by its services in generative artificial intelligence.
There’s a Rare $25 Discount on the Nintendo Switch OLED Right Now
Nintendo’s top-of-the-line handheld gaming console hardly ever goes on sale, making this small discount super appealing.
FCC Votes To Restore Net Neutrality Rules
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to restore regulations that expand government oversight of broadband providersand aim to protect consumer access to the internet, a move that will reignite a long-running battle over the open internet. Known as net neutrality, the regulations were first put in place nearly a...
Net Neutrality Returns to a Very Different Internet
The FCC voted 3-2 to restore net neutrality rules that had disappeared during the Trump administration.
The 30 Best Movies on Hulu This Week
From Poor Things to Dune: Part One, here’s everything you need to watch on Hulu right now.
ByteDance Prefers TikTok Shutdown in US if Legal Options Fail, Report Says
TikTok owner ByteDance would prefer shutting down its loss-making app rather than sell it if the Chinese company exhausts all legal options to fight legislation to ban the platform from app stores in the U.S., Reuters reported Thursday, citing sources. From the report: The algorithms TikTok relies on for its operations are deemed core to ByteDance overall operations, which would make a sale of...
Noise from traffic stunts growth of baby birds, study finds
Researchers also find zebra finches 20% less likely to hatch from eggs if exposed to noise pollution
Noise pollution from traffic stunts growth in baby birds, even while inside the egg, research has found.
Unhatched birds and hatchlings that are exposed to noise from city traffic experience long-term negative effects on their health, growth and reproduction, the study found.
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Brian Haywood obituary
My grandfather, Brian Haywood, who has died aged 91, spent his career working as a nuclear physicist, mainly at the UK Atomic Energy Authority at Harwell in Oxfordshire.
He was born in Birmingham to Vi and Hal, who ran a haberdashery shop. An only child, Brian lived through much of the blitz and spent the evenings in an air-raid shelter. He attended Bearwood Road school, then obtained a...
New Rule Compels US Coal-Fired Power Plants To Capture Emissions – or Shut Down
Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued on Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). From a report: New limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric plants are the Biden administration’s most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution from the power sector, the nation’s...
How much a R1,000 investment in South African tech companies in January would be worth today
These were the best-performing tech shares on the JSE in the first quarter of 2024.
13 Best Outdoor Security Cameras (2024): Battery-Powered, LTE, No Subscription
These weatherproof outdoor security cams keep a watchful eye on your property while you get on with life. Our list includes battery-powered and LTE devices and options that need no subscription.
The TikTok Ultimatum Is Here. What Does It Mean?
This week, we talk about the looming TikTok ban and what it means for the politicians and influencers who regularly post on the platform.
No, a Shadowy Figure Is Not Buying Tents for Columbia Student Protesters
Conspiracies about outside forces funding and orchestrating the university protests at Columbia and NYU have taken hold online, primarily on X.
IBM Transforms The Storage Ownership Experience With IBM Storage Assurance
IBM today announced new storage capabilities that give clients choice and control in the data centre to maximise performance. A new IT life cycle management option called IBM Storage Assurance provides access to IBM FlashSystem hardware and software innovations to help protect clients’ investments from day one. IBM Storage Assurance supports the new IBM FlashSystem 5300 also […]
10 Best Cold-Brew Coffee Makers (2024): Oxo, KitchenAid, and More
Good cold-brewed coffee tastes like magic. Learn how to make it right—no barista necessary.
iPhone Activation Market Share Hits New Low as Android Dominates
An anonymous reader shares a report: Consumer Intelligence Research Partners is out with a report on how iPhone activations compare to Android in the US. The latest data shows a notable drop over the last year bringing Apple’s US smartphone market share of new activations back in time six years. CIRP shared its new iPhone report on its Substack this morning. The firm notes that while it...
IBM To Spend $6.4 Billion To Buy HashiCorp Creating A Comprehensive End-to-End Hybrid Cloud Platform
IBM announced today plans to buy HashiCorp, a leading multi-cloud infrastructure automation company. The companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which IBM will acquire HashiCorp for $35 per share in cash, representing an enterprise value of $6.4 billion. HashiCorp’s suite of products provides enterprises with extensive Infrastructure Lifecycle Management and Security...
The 14 Best Barefoot Shoes (2024): For Running or Walking
Our favorite zero-drop, minimalist footwear will let you feel the ground beneath your feet.
F.C.C. Votes to Restore Net Neutrality Rules
Commissioners voted along party lines to revive the rules that declare broadband as a utility-like service that could be regulated like phones and water.